Garment attachment



March 22 1927 `l. T. BURTCHAELL GARMENT ATTACHMENT Filed March 22 1926 ATTORNEYS.

I N V EN TOR. Pfff# 7.' aRrc/MEL L Patented Mar. 22, 19.27.

UNITED STATES i FETER'T.' BURTCHAELL, OF SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA. i

GARMEN T ATTACHMENT.

Application led Hatch 22, 1926. Serial No. 96,587.

The present invention relates to article holding devices adaptedl for use in connection with Wearing apparel. For purposes ot' removably securing an article, such as a fountain pen, within a pocket ot' a garment and to other items of clothing'` thc article is usually provided at one end portion with a resilient clip. This clip is secured so that one of its ends is free and normally bears upon the adjacent surface of the article. The terminal of the said free end is flared outwardly or otherwise adapted to provide an interveningspace, the presence of which facilitates the operation of connecting the article to the garment. In the operation of connecting the article, the portion of the garment to be engaged is manipulated so that the edge thereof is made temporarily stiff, and at the same time the article is manipulated to aline the said intervening space with the temporarily stifl'ened edge, whereupon the article is moved so that the material of the garment is engaged between the clip and adjacent surface of the article. The clip, in engaging the material of the garment, is sprung laterally and thereby tensioned, and the tension of the clip is vrelied upon to prevent accidental detachment of the article from the garment. The material of the garment, however, is soft, and in a case where the article is secured to the wall of a vest pocket, the material does not operate to prevent the'body ofl the wearer from acting to disengage the clip by exerting pressure upon the innerend ofthe article when the wearer, while in a sitting position, for instance, bends his body forwardly, as

in the act of relaxing. Coming now to the` i present invention, the general object thereof is to provide means adapted for facilitating the operation of Aconnecting the clip of a pen, pencil or the like to the desired portion of a garment, Ythe said means being further adapted' to prevent accidental disenga ementof the clip from the garment.

The above and Vother objects are accomplished by instrunientalities pointed'out in the following-specification.

The invention is clearly defined in the claim. i

A satisfactory embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part ofthe specification and in which: K 1 a Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention portions 5 and 6, the sheet is in use in connection vest;

Figure 2 is a substantially full-size front elevation of the device shownin Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a detail vertical cross-section of the device engaged with the marginal free edge portion of a garment, with a fountain pen attached; and

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of Figure 2.

The device f the present invention is adapted to function as a sheath, in that it is adapted for straddliiig a marginal free edge portion of a garment. The device is further adapted, by virtue of the material of which it is constructed, to reinforce the portion of the garment engaged thereby.

In its simplest form the invention comprises a sheath a having oppositely disposed side portions 5 and 6, each having one of its edges connected to an edge of the other, so that an intervening space is provided, as indicated by 7, adapted for receiving the marginal edge portion 8 of a garment. such as the outer Wall 9 of a pocket of a vest 10. It is obvious, equally Well adapted for attachment to other items of clothing or 4Wearing apparel, as the placket of a shirt or Waist, the edge portion of a belt, and the like.

For purposes of illustration, I have shown the sheath a as being formed of a single sheet 11v of relatively hard but flexible material, such as thin sheet metal, Celluloid, and the like. The sheet 1l may be substantially square, and in providing the opposite side bent upon itself adjacent to one end 'so that the side portions 5 and 6 become oblong in contour and different in point ofwidtli. The narrower or outer side-p0rtion 5 bears upon the outer face of the Wall 9, and the wider side 6 extends into the pocket and bears on the inner face of the Wall. With the free edge of wall 9 disposed between the opposite side portions 5 and 6, the presenceof the relatively wideside Dortion 6 operates to reinforce the wall 9 against bending, and the edge .portion l12 disposed along the line of bending overlies the upper edge ot wall 9 and presents a relatively stiff edge. The free longitudinaledge portion'of the side 5 curves inwardly as at 13, and this construction prevents the presence of a sharpened edge that might inflict injury to the hand in the use of the device.

A longitudinal groove or depression '14 is however, that the device isv with the pocket of a depression disposed parallel with the inwardly turned` 'vided with a clip 16 is manipulated to. en-4 gage the shield as shown, the enlargement 17 at the free end of clip 16 will enter the 14 and be retained therein by the resiliency of the clip. The `inner side portion 6 is provided with upstruck portions 18 having sharpened points which readily penetrate the material of the wall 9 and theieby operate to prevent accidental disengagement of the shield from the wall 9.

In the use of the device, the marginal portion of the wall 9 is inserted between the side portions 5'- and 6. In effecting connection between the sheath and Wall 9, the said portions 5 and 6 are sprung apart, and the material of the wall 9 overrides the upstruck portions 18 until the upper edge of wall 9 is adjacent to the line of bending 12. The

sharpened ends of upstruck portions 18l readily enter the material of wall 9. In the operation of connecting a fountain pen 15 or the like provided with a clip 16, the end of the en remote from the clip is first inserted 1nto the space of the pocket in the ordinary manner. The pen is the`n moved downwardly, whereupon the free end portion 17 of the clip, upon moving into Contact with the edge 12, overrides the edge and moves downwardly over the outer face of sideportion 5 and finally enters depression 14, as shown. It is to be noted that the presence of depression 14 aids in holding the clip against vertical sliding movement upon the outer face of side member 5 when the parts are arranged as shown in- Figures`1 and 3; and the presence of the relatively wide inner side portions 6 reinforces the overlying portion of wall 9 against` bending, so that throughout the time that the sheath is in use, -it operates to prevent bending of the wall 9 in a way thatfwould induce creeping of the clip 16 and accidental disengagement thereof Although I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of various changes; and I reserve the right to employ such as may come within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A reinforcing sheath of the class described comprising a body formed of a sheet of stiff and iexible material bent upon itself adjacent to one end to provide oppositely disposed sde portions of different widths, said sideportions being adaptedfor' receiving between them the marginal portions of the outer wall of the pocket 0f a garment and conforming in width, substantially to the width of said pocket wall, one of said side portions being provided with upstruck portions for engaging the wall of a pocket when the same is inserted between the side portions, the bent portion of said body being arranged so as to overlie the edge of a pocket wall when the same is inserted between the side portions, and the outer of said side -portions being provided with a longitudinal groove and an in-turned edge portion located adjacent to the groove for the purpose described.

PETER T. BURTCHAELL. 

